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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Barite, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Cluster of white, bladed, barite crystals without matrix, with needle-like, off-white calcite crystals occurring between the central...

Willemite, Calcite and Fluorite from the Southwest: Hogan Claim, Arizona

Under normal daylight, this is a rather nondescript looking rock, but when viewed under UV it explodes with color in a spectacular...

Calcite, Willemite, Smithsonite, Puttapa Australia

A fascinating example of Puttapa Australia measuring 3". The UV photo is LW + SW. Photographed with a 60mm macro lens at F32 ISO 100.

Calcite, Willemite, Smithsonite, Puttapa Australia

An extraordinary example from the Puttapa Zinc mine in Australia measuring 3". The UV photo is a combination of LW and SW. Photographed...

Calcite, Aragonite, Helvetia AZ

A prime FL example from this newly discovered location in Arizona located in the Santa Rita Mountains! This specimen is 5x3x2" and is...

Color-Change Calcite, Franklin, New Jersey

This is an interesting calcite specimen that was collected during the 2017 Super Diggg at Franklin, New Jersey. Found at night on the...

Wollastonite, Calcite and Possible Hardystonite, Desert View Mine

This colorful fluorescent specimen is from the Desert View Mine, Holcomb Valley, San Bernardino Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, and...

Yellow Fluorescing Calcite, Franklin Mine, NJ

Here is a very small sample of yellow fluorescing calcite from the Franklin Mine, in Franklin, New Jersey. Two traits separate this from...

Very Phosphorescent Radiating Willemite, on Calcite - Franklin, NJ

As explained by Earl Verbeek, resident Franklin FLM guru: "The term "radiating willemite" has nothing to do with its fluorescent or...

Barite on Calcite - Franklin NJ

Exceptionally rich specimen of bright yellow fluorescing barite on an orange/red calcite matrix - A classic example of this highly sought...

Turneaureite on Calcite - Franklin, NJ

We have a bunch of folks attending the Franklin "SuperDigg" this April (2017). Many of them are carrying the new Convoy 365nm LW...

Celestine, Strontianite and Calcite, from the Stoneco Quarry, Lime City, Ohio

From the Stoneco Quarry, Lime City, Wood Co., Ohio, this is a beautiful Midwestern fluorescent specimen consisting of blocky, white...

Buttery Yellow Calcite, Elk Creek, South Dakota

Best known for its golden-amber colored barite crystals, the Elk Creek area of Meade County, South Dakota, also produces buttery yellow...

Radiating Calcite Crystals, Irai, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

A radiating cluster of translucent gray-white calcite crystals aesthetically perched on a dark matrix, from Irai, Rio Grande Do Sul,...

Calcite and Celestine, Stoneco Quarry, Lime City, Ohio

This beautiful fluorescent specimen from the Midwest features a prominent doubly-terminated calcite crystal on a limestone matrix,...

Barite, Calcite and Franklinite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This is a large-grained rock containing light grey-colored calcite and barite, and black franklinite crystals; a much sought after...

Calcite, Fluorite and Pyrite; Chenzhou, Hunan China

An interesting chip calcite on fluorite from Chenzhou, Hunan, China. What's really different is that each calcite chip seems to have a...

Witherite, Calcite, Baryte, and more! North Yorkshire, England

England has some very interesting and famous fluorescent materials. Material from the Danby Level, Northside Mines, Whaw, Arkengarthdale,...

Two Generations of Calcite from Missouri

This is an interesting specimen consisting of what appears to be two generations of calcite and areas of drusy quartz, on a limestone...

"Black" Calcite from Belgium

This is a so-called "black" calcite from the Gralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne (near Charleroi), Hainout Province, Belgium. These...